Carol R. Eaton Designs

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Monday, August 26, 2013

Fiber Artist Kate Themel recently completed a
challenge project for Viewpoints 9. I was delighted
she chose my fabric as the background piece for Red Fox, Blue Fox! It's a fun piece with a
blue fox who wears a sly grin... I wonder what he's thinking about?! Kate recently earned the Young Emerging Artist Award and the People's Choice Award for her work in Quilt National '11. Please be sure to check out her sites to view more of her unique designs. www.katethemel.comhttp://katethemel.blogspot.comFacebook: Fiber Art by Kate Themel

Sunday, August 25, 2013

The day was sunny and warm creating the perfect conditions for painting with Setacolor fabric paints. We have a weeping cherry tree in the yard that needed a trim so I snipped off a few branches to use for this project.I started by painting red and pink paint across the surface of the fabric. I laid the leaves on top of the wet paint and repainted some leaves with a light green. After the paint was completely dried I heat set the fabric with a hot dry iron. I like finding organic materials around the yard for sun printing. I really don't know how the paint reacts to the sun... magic... Keebler Elves... I'm not sure but the end results are fun!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

As I enjoy the summer foliage it occurred to me that it isn't going to last forever! I guess I'd better take advantage of the easy access for sun printing before the change of season begins... not that fall is knocking on the door but I shouldn't waste my good fortune. I wanted to sun print ferns and grabbed a length of cotton and artist canvas. I used the same method, same paints and the same batch of ferns for each piece but look how different they are! The artists canvas has a very tight weave and given the original use the paints sit on the surface with little seeping through. The cotton is much more porous and easily absorbs more paint.

When you compare the end results the canvas is a much brighter piece. They each have their charm and maybe I'll continue to add to the cotton... maybe some stamps or other embellishment to give it some more pizazz!

Artist Canvas - the small spots are sun printed stones

Cotton - the same colors were used as the canvas piece above!

Artist Canvas - Detail

Cotton - Detail

Have you noticed differences between the various surfaces you've painted on?

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

This past Sunday the Connecticut Fiber Arts Collective presented hands-on demonstrations at the Norfolk Artisans Guild, Station Place, Norfolk. The weather was perfect and the visitors friendly.Please stop by the guild and pick up an early holiday gift. Be sure to say "hi" to the guild mascot! Our members will have artwork for sale through September!

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Antonia Torres is a founding member of the Connecticut Fiber Arts Collective! She is an inspirational artist who is able to translate what she visualizes into a fabric design. As Toni was looking through my stash of fabrics she was drawn to this particular piece. Toni said she immediately knew she would create a design that felt as if you were peering through the branches and into the forest.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Diane Cadrain is a fellow Connecticut Fiber Arts Collective member. She is one of the most prolific artists that I know producing new creations weekly. According to Diane, "the voices in her head" keep giving her ideas! As you can see she is also a lot of fun. I've asked Diane to share some of her work that incorporates my hand crafted fabric. This piece is titled, "Cape Cod Pitch Pine". Diane first printed a photo onto
fabric. Next she stuffed the images of the cones and used trapunto to get
dimensionality for the needles. Then she surrounded the photo transfer with a border of my ice dyed fabric. Isn't it a great piece?!

Fabric Printing at Home

June/July 2013 Issue #63

Color Wheel of Emotions: Exhibiting Nationwide 2013 - 2014

About Me

I am a surface design artist creating original, one-of-a-kind fabrics. I love exploring unique ways to dye textiles and get excited by the endless possibilities every time I start a new piece. I’m inspired by the natural world and my designs are filled with warm colors, balance and an unexpected variety of textures.Each individual art cloth in the collection is signed!